The truth about others can often be misconstrued and overlooked. One might not completely realize how much this idea plays true until they analyze the books The Return of the Native and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. These writings are overflowing with lies, deceptions, mysteries and just plain misunderstandings.
             Throughout the majority of The Return of the Native the main character, Eustacia Vye is playing head games with the gentlemen in her life. To Clym, one of her lovers, she is a mixed up bottle of passion, fury, and general aloofness. This makes it very hard for him to understand where she is coming from and why she acts in the ways that she does. He just does not grasp her motives.
             This also holds true for Eustacia, as she cannot understand how Clym could possibly enjoy the heath that has brought her so much misery and loneliness. Their inevitable split near the end of the novel can be attributed to misunderstandings. He does not understand why she wants to move to Paris, and she cannot grasp why he would ever want to stay in the heath and teach to those who have no interest in education. It is mainly a lack of communication between the two that is the real issue. They jump into a marriage (that was already partially planned by Eustacia long before she even set eyes on Clym), without actually getting to know each other's core being. And in the case of Eustacia, much mystery surrounded Clym before they were introduced. He seemed like the absolute perfect chap from what her fellow heath dwellers stated, but was he really? There were many stories surrounding him about how successful he was and how much he would soon become. He sounded like the perfect escape from her love of Wildeve, her previous man.
             Another character that proves this general idea from The Return of the Native is Damon Wildeve himself. Assuming one could go back to before where the book started, and discover what made Eustacia so infuriated ...